The Biden administration revealed its “zero emissions” policy for federal buildings that would effectively ban the use of natural gas appliances in such facilities.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the “Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings Rule” requiring agencies to phase out the use of fossil fuels when constructing new buildings or conducting major renovations. It mandates agencies to achieve a “90 percent reduction in fossil fuel use for new projects started between fiscal years 2025 and 2029 and completely eliminating on-site fossil fuel usage in new projects beginning in 2030.”

As such, new federal buildings built after 2030 will no longer have features like natural gas piping necessary to fuel stoves and other appliances.

Once federal buildings are made compliant, the buildings will “reduce pollution, improve air quality, create good-paying jobs, and take advantage of cost savings from using more energy-efficient equipment,” the DOE claimed.

Such measures “will help advance the adoption of cleaner, more efficient technologies for buildings that will lead the way to achieving President Biden’s Federal Sustainability Plan goal of net-zero emissions from all federal buildings by 2045.”

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